Obama, spending power drives consumer confidence among blacks

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Birmingham Times

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January 19, 2017

Consumer_pix — A recent report by the market research firm, Packaged Facts, revealed that nearly half (47 percent) of African Americans believe they will be better off financially 12 months from now. (Provided photo)

By Stacy M. Brown

NNPA Newswire Contributor

More than Obama legacy at stake in Obamacare repeal

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Birmingham Times

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January 19, 2017

Health Care Rallies — People attend a health care rally at the Indiana Statehouse in support of the Affordable Care Act, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, in Indianapolis. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to overturn and replace the Affordable Care Act, and majority Republicans in Congress this week began the process of repealing it using a budget maneuver that requires a bare majority in the Senate. (Austen Leake, The Tribune-Star via AP)

By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.

Q&A: “Hidden Figures” director, ‘Nothing more valuable’ than tell story of NASA’s black female mathematicians

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Birmingham Times

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January 19, 2017

Hidden Figures — "Hidden Figures” tells the true story of African American women whose mathematical calculations for NASA helped fuel America’s greatest accomplishments in space during the ’60s. (Fox Pictures)

By Edward Henderson

San Diego Voice and Viewpoint

Bo Jackson says he never would have played football

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Birmingham Times

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January 19, 2017

BoJackson_pix — Bo Jackson (BleacherReport.com)

By Shadow League Staff

Gospel singer Marvin Sapp purchases church in need of repairs

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Birmingham Times

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January 19, 2017

St. Jean Baptiste Catholic Church — St. Jean Baptiste Catholic Church in Muskegon, Mich. The 133-year-old church sold to Marvin Sapp. (Shannon Millard, MLive/The Associated Press)

Wire reports

People, Places and Things by Gwen DeRu

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Birmingham Times

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January 19, 2017

PPT_pix2 — Michael Blackson (galleryhip.com)

Congresswoman Terri Sewell announces she will not attend Trump inauguration

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Birmingham Times

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January 18, 2017

Sewell — U.S. Representative Terri Sewell

Special to The Times

Nearly 50 House Democrats vow to boycott Trump inauguration

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Birmingham Times

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January 18, 2017

Inauguration Trump House Democrats — In this Jan. 15, 2016, photo, the U.S. Capitol frames the backdrop over the stage during a rehearsal of President-elect Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony in Washington. Some two dozen House Democrats plan to boycott Trump’s inauguration on Friday, casting the Republican businessman as a threat to democracy. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

By Andrew Taylor

Associated Press

MLK Jr. Unity Breakfast draws diverse crowd of Birminghamians

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Birmingham Times

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January 17, 2017

Martin Luther King, Jr Unity Breakfast — Keynote speaker J. Mason Davis. The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast held at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Complex in Birmingham Alabama Monday January 15, 2017. (Frank Couch / The Birmingham Times)

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

For The Birmingham Times

Eddie Long’s Funeral Date Set, TD Jakes Calls Him ‘Mighty Man of Valor’

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Birmingham Times

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January 16, 2017

Bishop Eddie Long — In a Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010 file photo, Bishop Eddie Long prepares to speak, at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church near Atlanta. Long, a prominent pastor who led one of metro Atlanta's largest churches, died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church said in a statement to local media outlets. He was 63. (AP Photo/John Amis, Pool, File)

By Leonardo Blair

The Christian Post

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